Transcribing Census Information

A Special Project of

Transcription
Assignments:

Transcribing Information

Where to find Census Transcription Sources

Microfilm Rental or Purchase

Census CD Retailers

Transcribing Software and Spreadsheet Templates

CART (1850, 1860, and 1870)

Getting Started

Create a New Census Database File

Entering the First Record

Shortcut Keys

Adding a Skipped Record

Page#s and Line#s

Database File Management

Exporting

Importing

Making a Backup

How to print your CART file

Spreadsheet Templates

Transcribing Equipment

Purchasing a Used Reader

Microfiche Reader Conversion

Home Made Microfilm Reader

Using a Darkroom Enlarger to Read Microfilm

Using a Film Projector to Read Microfilm

How To Transcribe the Census - "Help!"

Census Project Mailing Lists

Census Project Coordinators

Transcriber's Proofreading Decisions

Proofreaders Exchange

Submitting your census files to the Census Project

Transcription Completion Information

Transcription Submission Form

How to use WinZip to Compress data Files

How to Send an E-Mail Attachment

AOL

Eudora

Netscape

Pegasus

OutLook Express

How to Request a Change to Your On-line Transcription

Miscellaneous Census Information

What's on Each Census Record?

Where is this town, city, or county?

Volunteer ! | Site Map | On-Line Census Inventory

Linda Talbott, Project Coordinator

The USGenWeb Census Project^®
is a Special Project of The USGenWeb Project.
Our goal is to provide free access to online research data.
This site makes no claim to the copyrights of
individual transcribers.